"Heckuvajobthere, Brownie"

OK, now I get it. Our lame duck fearless leader just made another pronouncement of agreement like the above. It was on the news today:

'In pledging similar assistance, President Bush said, “We have made these kind of decisions in the past, made one last night, and if need be we’re going to make these kind of decisions to safeguard our financial system in the future.”'

If you substitute "my rich friends" or "my cuhn-STITCH-unts" for "our financial system" in there, you have the answer to the nagging questions behind the behavior of Hank Paulson.

First, there will be no money to the companies that employ blue collar workers who have used up all their savings to try and hold on to their home (their one possession of personal value), who have watched their retirement savings go up in smoke and are told (regarding saving Social Security) "There's no problem, you'll just work until you're 75. By the way, your company just closed in the U.S. and moved to ________." Fill in the blank yourselves.

Second,there will be all the money necessary given to financial institutions to allow white and gold collar workers to keep their "holdings", regardless of the fact that they got themselves into this by manipulating the rules of capitalism. Apparently Lehman Brothers weren't behaving like good little Nazis with their behavior toward the current administration. Lost their "cuhn-STITCH-unt" standing.

The portrayal of GDub as a lame duck though, is wrong. He's systematically shredding what few rules remain for the protection of the middle class as he leaves office. Oh, and getting some free trips to foreign countries where he can sit among his rich buddies and smoke Cuban cigars legally.

Yes, I fear for our country's future.